Linderhof

Gardening, Cooking and Decorating on the Prairie of Kansas

Welcome to Linderhof, our 1920's home on the prairie, where there's usually something in the oven, flowers in the garden for tabletops and herbs in the garden for cooking. Where, when company comes, the teapot is always on and there are cookies and cakes to share in the larder.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Iced Tea and Cake

We've all got out our dishes and set our tables with the finest. It's time for Susan's Tablescape Thursday! Scoot on over to Between Naps on the Porch to see what everyone has done.

Getting ready for the garden tour, we've not had much company. But I did get a play afternoon this afternoon (but I did garden BEFORE and AFTER!)

We had a great salad lunch at the Lutheran Church in the town 20 miles from here and then, because their desserts are really bite size, came back to Linderhof for "real" dessert. Not coffee for the heat has come to the prairie, but rather icy tea.A simple cake -- French yogurt cake with an orange mamalade glaze -- a light cake for a hot day. The pitcher of tea awaits in the fridge -- getting even more cold. My guests gifted me with the cake server last Christmas. It has a butterfly on it.As do the napkins -- an impulse buy from Pottery Barn around Easter.The plates are English -- an Estate Sale find (and I've got cups and saucers, a cake plate and sugar and creamer to match -- a real English tea set) -- as are the pearl handled cake forks.

It was too hot to be in the garden and so we were inside watching the antics of the birds. The real reason we got together after the salad luncheon was not really a lack of dessert but because we had made our living wreath.

Which we gave to our friend (from the three of us) in remembrance of her 10 year old granddaughter who passed away last month.

Beautiful pearl handled forks. Lovely server. Great glassware. Now if you could just put a taste of that cake on the fork and pass it through the screen!!!! Wouldn't that be fun. Happy tablescaping - The Tablescaper

Your wreath turned out beautifully! Although the sentiment behind the gesture was great - I bet it was hard to give up. I know that it was fun project for you and your friends. I love your tablescape and your new napkins, too. ~ Robyn

Oh my goodness, I love those dishes! Wow, it sounds really hot there. We've been having cool and rainy weather for so long now, I'd probably shrivel up if it ever got out of the 60's. lol Oh, and the living wreath is beautiful (what a sad story)!

Martha, Thank you so much for welcoming our new blog. Allie will be so excited to see the comments when she wakes up. Yours has always been onof my favorite homes on the HGTV boards and recently one of my favorite blogs. We have so much to learn! (and I, too, would love that cake recipe!) PattieM

I love your blog!!! Your house looks strikingly like one that Sparks and I wanted to buy. It was so much in need of love, and we couldn't work out the financials, and then someone got it who won't fix the masonry outside, so who knows what's happening inside (sigh). I'm going to visit here often and pretend that you bought it instead.

When I clicked on your site I couldn't resist the post title - who could?The living wreath is so beautiful - in the making (which I enjoyed following) and in the giving - which I found so very touching.Good luck with your garden tour!

Martha, you're so thoughtful. I love the way that wreath turned out - it's stunning! Really. Mmmm, and for a minute that cake looked like my ABSOLUTELY FAVORITEST CAKE IN THE WORLD Pineapple Upside Down ... I'll have to try this yogurt cake. Recipe please! :)